Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Classical vocalist, composer and Odissi musicologist Pt Raghunath
Panigrahi passed away in Bhubaneswar on Aug 25, 2013. He was born on 10
August 1934 in Gunpur of Koraput District in Orissa. Pt Raghunath
Panigrahi learnt from his father Nilamani Panigrahi, the classical way
of singing Gita Govinda as preserved in the temple of Jagannatha in Puri
and is known for his lifetime contribution towards promoting,
propagating and popularizing the life and works of Jayadeva in the
Orissa style.